드러난 권위와 숨겨진 권위 사이 - 청소년문학의 디스토피아적 비전
Between Explicit Authority and Implicit Authority: Dystopian Vision in Adolescent Literature
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This article examines the characteristics of the themes in adolescent literature which deals with a dystopian society. Unlike fairy tales teaching strict lessons and children’s literature showing playful imaginative world, adolescent literature focuses on uncertainty and unstability of teenagers who are opening their eyes to their own potential power. Young adults, standing between the state of innocent children and the state of the corrupted adults, have been doubtful with their identity. However, the doubt they have makes them realize the hidden truth beneath this real world: the world they belong to is not similar with the one with beautiful dreams and justice any more. The enemy they have to fight with is the adults with overwhelming power gained by the concrete social system. They try to tame and dominate young adults in order to make them obedient and suitable members of the established society. Dystopian novels clearly show the struggle between teenagers and the adults. Authority and power the adults have can be suppressive factors to teenagers. One of the strategies the adults use is to limit the right of choice. People have no freedom to choose by their own will. Even the feelings including love are denied and defined as a serious disease to be cured. In addition, to maintain the stable society, people have to stay in their districts. Young adults become to know that they have to fight desperately to gain freedom of choice and this struggle will not come to an end easily.
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This article examines the characteristics of the themes in adolescent literature which deals with a dystopian society. Unlike fairy tales teaching strict lessons and children’s literature showing playful imaginative world, adolescent literature focuses on uncertainty and unstability of teenagers who are opening their eyes to their own potential power. Young adults, standing between the state of innocent children and the state of the corrupted adults, have been doubtful with their identity. However, the doubt they have makes them realize the hidden truth beneath this real world: the world they belong to is not similar with the one with beautiful dreams and justice any more. The enemy they have to fight with is the adults with overwhelming power gained by the concrete social system. They try to tame and dominate young adults in order to make them obedient and suitable members of the established society. Dystopian novels clearly show the struggle between teenagers and the adults. Authority and power the adults have can be suppressive factors to teenagers. One of the strategies the adults use is to limit the right of choice. People have no freedom to choose by their own will. Even the feelings including love are denied and defined as a serious disease to be cured. In addition, to maintain the stable society, people have to stay in their districts. Young adults become to know that they have to fight desperately to gain freedom of choice and this struggle will not come to an end easily.
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